im a dick then, and i dont even feel bad tbh
fuck those dark patterned automated phone systems that should have been an easy peasy fucking button on a fucking web site
why do they make you waste hours on this bullshit when making it simple would probably have been easier
Mildly irritated in a way that suggests that I know exactly what needs to happen but am about 85% sure it won’t but I also don’t want to be mean to anyone but I also do want them to take me seriously?
Seems about right
This isn’t “who you really are” though. It’s actually better to sound irritated to the IVR because some can detect vocal inflection and swear words. They will send you to a live agent faster than if you are polite. They make the polite people jump through more hoops.
I’m sure this is a quality shitpost, but I don’t get it 😅 Can someone explain the context for this?
I don’t know if I agree with the content necessarily but do find it funny if I’m following right.
When on the phone with an automated system, many of them will bypass to a real person if they hear certain phrases, “representative” being a very commonly used one. I think it’s saying the way you say representative reflects your true self, whether you just calmly repeat “representative”, or yell “REPRESENTATIVE” at the robot until someone picks up lol
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every automated phone call I’ve had has never been more advanced that “press 1 for support, press 2 to go fuck yourself” etc.
I’m guessing it’s just a US thing? Otherwise I might give it a shot the next time my ISP double charges me
You’re so lucky. The voice ones suck because you have to be somewhere really quiet and if anyone is around to hear you, they can get info on what you’re calling about. It can be embarrassing.
Ah. Thanks for taking the time to explain the meme’s context!
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Agents another one
Dunno man. People shred me for saying “please” and “thank you” to Siri.
I asked chatgpt to explain it…surprisingly not bad:
This is humorous because it suggests that speaking to an automated phone system in a certain way—often out of frustration when trying to reach a human operator—reveals one’s true character. It’s a playful take on how technology can sometimes bring out unexpected sides of us, especially when it doesn’t work as smoothly as we’d like.
But it doesn’t provide an explanatory context. It still assumes everyone knows what the hell these words mean, mainly “representative” in this context.
How old are you and where do you live that you have never called some company or service and been put on hold and forced through hoops to have to ask to speak with a real person?
Have you tried considering the person may not be American? Other words and systems are used in other countries.
Have you tried considering that’s why I explicitly asked where they lived?
I’m usually really nice; after all, the robots will soon take over and I want to be on their good side.
Or sometimes I just use a silly voice or say it sexy. Especially fun when they ask to speak your issue, cause that leads to a fun bit of confusion when the guy or gal on the other line picks up knowing ahead of time I’m a weirdo from a kids cartoon.
Ok I say “human” to chatbots, what’s my diagnosis
Same but I say it increasingly angry. I have also been known to threaten them with magnets.
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I didn’t even get that this saying is actually talking to phone trees instead of online customer service robots
Loud, clear, dispassionate. I don’t know who’s listening. I’ll kick a roomba when no ones looking tho.
After watching Linda Litzke yell/ennunciate (yellunciate?) AYE-GENTTT AYE-GENTTT in Burn After Reading, that became my default.
I am become Linda Litzke.
I just smash the 0 as soon as I hear a robot voice on the phone.
Yep, anyone who has had to work with these call robots all day for work knows this hack. Smash 0 until it starts ringing a human.
I cuss like a maniac. Some systems seem to pick up curse words and escalate the caller to a rep. Used to work better than it does now.
Protip: don’t even engage with those systems. Just press 0. Every time it prompts you to say something to proceed. Has yet to fail me.
The first time or the 9th?
Angry and fed-up and sick of everyone’s shit?
I say it in a very tired voice because I’ve already spent hours researching and trying to fix it myself.
